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Exploring Treatment Collaboration Network Characteristics: Focusing on 'A' University Hospital in Seoul

진료 협업 네트워크 특성에 대한 탐색: 서울 소재 A 대학병원 중심으로

  • 송혜지 (연세대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 박지홍 (연세대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2020.05.26
  • Accepted : 2020.06.18
  • Published : 2020.06.30

Abstract

Today, in order to more effectively cope with the emergence of various diseases and the rapidly-changing medical environment, several medical departments are conducting treatment collaborations within the university hospital. This collaborative care is very important and is already common in the medical field. Nevertheless, there is no research on this, especially how the departments are collaborating. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate how the characteristics of the treatment collaboration networks vary by year and season by exploring the relationship between the medical departments within the university hospital. This study analyzed the collaboration networks of 29 medical departments of 'A' university in Korea by dividing the collaborative care by year and season. Directed networks were constructed in response to departments requesting and departments requested for collaborative care. Betweenness centrality, eigenvector centrality, closeness centrality analysis, ego network analysis, and faction analysis were also conducted. This study performed the first treatment collaboration network analysis among medical departments, and is expected to present new insights into the location and spatial composition of medical departments in consideration of the knowledge transfer paths within medical institutions.

오늘날 다양한 질병의 출현과 빠르게 변화하는 의료환경에 보다 효과적으로 대처하기 위해 대학병원 내에서 여러 진료과들이 협업진료를 수행하고 있다. 이러한 협업진료는 매우 중요하며 의료 현장에서 이미 보편화되어 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 이에 대한 연구, 특히 진료과들이 어떻게 협업을 하고 있는지에 대한 연구는 전무하다. 따라서 본 연구는 대학병원 내의 진료과 간의 협업진료 관계를 탐색하여 진료협업 네트워크 특성들이 연도별 및 계절별로 어떻게 달라지는지를 고찰하는 것에 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 국내 A대학교 대학병원에서 이루어진 29개 진료과 사이의 협업 진료를 연도별 및 계절별로 나누어 29개 진료과 협업 네트워크를 분석하였다. 협업진료의 요청 및 피요청에 따라 방향네트워크를 구성하였으며, 매개중심성, 아이겐벡터중심성, 근접중심성 분석, 에고 네트워크 분석 및 팩션분석과 더불어 추후 인터뷰도 실시하였다. 본 연구는 최초의 진료과 간의 협업 네트워크 분석을 수행하였으며, 의료기관 내에서의 동선을 고려한 진료과의 위치 및 공간 구성에 새로운 통찰력을 제시할 것으로 기대된다.

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